Austyn's Pre-K Graduation

Last night Austyn graduated from Pre-K. They had a GREAT ceremony for all the kids and they all got to walk down the "red-carpet" all by themselves and get a picture. They called each kid individually and it was so nice for them to all get that attention for about 10 seconds!! Austyn loved Mrs. Stark and Miss.Olga and he is going to miss them and all his friends. Austyn has been at Christ Greenfield for 2 years now, and Cory and I strongly feel GOD pulling on our hearts to keep Austyn in a private Christian school, we want him to have a Christian education and Austyn needs to be challenged. Since it is a private school it is very pricey, so we prayed about it as a family and felt that if this is where GOD wants Austyn to be he will provide the funds...well he did so Austyn will be able to stay at Christ Greenfield which I am very happy about. I am so proud of our little boy for loving school so much and that he can talk about, sing about Jesus all day long in school!! Here are some pictures from graduation night...ENJOY and have a much, relaxed, blessed summer!!!

Disney on Ice and Easter

We had a very busy weekend!!! I love being busy, but not when I have been "husband-less" for 7 days!!! We got through it like we always do just busy, tired and having some troubles with Austyn....but PRAISE GOD, my husband has a job and we are all healthy!!!
On Friday my girlfriend (Jaime) and her sister (Danielle) too the kiddos to see Disney on Ice. This was Austyn's second time seeing Disney on Ice, but Haydyn's first time, so I was a little nervous on how she would act or should I say sit-still. As most of you all know, my kids don't sit still for anything!!! We get to the Arena and I cant find my tickets!!!!! YES.....ME .....ALWAYS ORGANIZED NEVER LATE ALICIA LOST HER TICKETS!!! Even Jaime said this is something I would do not you!!! We searched everywhere in my diaper bag, car, called Cory at work to see if he had them for some odd reason and no LUCK!! Jaime kept me calm and said lets go over to will-call and see if they can pull up my information!! They pulled up her info and printed me 3 tickets so we could get in!!! After all of this we missed 10 minutes of the show and so we are walking to our seats in the dark and Haydyn starts SCREAMING saying she is scared!!! I thought...OH GREAT...I am going to be out in the lobby area for 2 hours if my daughter doesn't stop crying!! After about 10 minutes she calmed down and ended up LOVING IT!!! We had a great time and it wouldn't be fun without some kind of excitement happening!!
On Saturday the kiddos decorated Easter cookies and eggs. We went to church that evening, because I didn't want to deal with the crowds on Sunday all by myself. After church we headed over to uncle Drew's house for dinner and he and Lindsay( his girlfriend) has Easter baskets for the kiddos, as well as Grandpa Dave and Grandma Jackie came. They played Rock-band, ate spaghetti, and played with stuff in there Easter baskets. Uncle Drew moved right down the street from us, so it has been so nice to just walk or ride our bikes over to his house and hang out, and he and Lindsay have been helping out with babysitting since its so convenient!! WE LOVE IT!! On Sunday the kids and I went over to my mom and dads for Easter and the kids had a blast doing a Easter egg hunt, getting spoiled by everybody and Austyn even went swimming in my parents pool and it was 69 degrees!!! That's Austyn for ya!! He only lasted about 30 minutes, but that was long enough, when he got out he had blue lips and blue hand and feet!!
I was bummed that Cory had to work Easter this year and he worked Christmas, but it was his time to work this holiday so somebody else could spend time with their family. He had some pretty bad "Calls" that day and night, so I think he is ready to come home on Tuesday morning!! SO AM I!!!
I am so grateful for Easter and what Jesus did for me on that Cross...

I am so thankful that I (and all that believe) have hope in the ONE and ONLY RISEN GOD- JESUS!!!! I love that we have one day a year set aside to celebrate that-EASTER!!!! AMEN!!! Matthew 28:5-6 because of your blood my sins are washed away!!!

Disney on Ice and Easter 2009

Haydyn swimming lessons

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Waiting patiently for her turn...

Coming up from the deep end...LOOK AT THAT FACE!!

Going through the ring in the deep end

Being a monkey...

SHE HATES IT!!

MOM PLEASE RESCUE ME!!

STILL CRYING!!

All done...She got a licorice so she was happy...until tomorrow!!

Haydyn's swimming lessons

Haydyn started swimming lessons yesterday again for the summer and HATES IT!!! She screamed for 2 days straight and its so hard, but she needs to learn how to swim. Haydyn started last year a week before her 1st birthday and did the same thing for about a week and then by the end of August she was loving it and we couldn't keep her out of the water. The concept was already sinking in and that's all I care about...if she was to fall in a pool could she get over to the side and get out....I HAVE COMPLETE FAITH in Mrs. Caroline and as hot as the summers get and I dread sitting outside 3 days a week when it gets up to 115 degrees but until the end of August I have to do it and I know she will be swimming by this summer. Austyn started with her at the age of 14 months and he is a great swimmer and was swimming by the age of 2 also, sooooooo I know its going to get better with her screaming through the whole lessons!!! Here are some pictures of her 2 stress full days!!!!

Rock and Worship Road Show

Austyn getting sleepy...the last show "Mercy Me"

ROCKSTARS.....Debbie and Kari

The boys waiting for the concert to start

..and we are in...all 15 of us...READY TO WORSHIP

Austyn and his buddy Blaine

Austyn at dinner (5 years old)

Me and my boy and dinner

Rock and Worship Road Show

On Friday night we took Austyn to his first concert!!! They had 5 artist...Addison Road, HawkNelson, Tenth Avenue North, Jeremy Camp and Mercy ME. Austyn LOVED Hawk Nelson and Tenth Avenue North...it was so AWESOME to look down the row and see my little boy WORSHIPPING to an AMAZING GOD and he new most of the songs. We went with our friends from church and had a great time. It was only $10 bucks to get in per person, but it was open seating so trying to keep everyone together and get a descent seat was really hard, so everyone stayed together well, but we sat up in the nose bleed sections...It was GREAT!! I think we all where spoiled from the Chris Tomlin concert sitting 5 rows up!!! It was hard to get a lot of pictures with so many of us, but I got some !!! It was a great night and can't wait for the next concert!!!